The Early Colonies
He was the author of Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Colonists argued this to show they should not pay taxes without representatives in Parliament.
What is, "No taxation without representation"?
The bloodiest conflict in American history ended after four years when General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Grant’s Army of the Potomac at _____________________ in Virginia on April, 9th, 1865.
Where is Appomattox Courthouse?
The terrorist group was responsible for the assassination of the Archduke Ferndinand?
What is the Black Hand?
He said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
General search warrants from British customs officials.
What is a Writ of Assistance?
Group of colonists who organized rallies to protest the Stamp Act.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
She was an escaped slave who bravely led many other slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The period between 1870 to 1914 often is called the Age of ______________.
What is Imperialism?
Finish this quote, "we must make the world safe for...."
What is democracy?
These were the 3 colonial regions.
What are the New England, the Middle and the Southern colonies?
Washington crossed the Delaware on this date?
What is night, December 25?
The name of the Confederate general who was famous for standing and fighting, but who was accidentally killed by friendly fire?
Who was Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?
The ________________ involved the United States more than ever in Latin America.
What is the Panama Canal?
Who is John Paul Jones?
The first two acts Parliament passed in order to raise money to help protect the colonists.
What are the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act?
In 1770, British redcoats, abused and provoked by a mob, fired on a crowd of civilians. Though judged in court to be innocent of any wrong-doing, the event known as the ________________ changed public opinion and increased the tension between the British and the British colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The Civil War was the first war which not only saw widespread use of breech–loaded weapons but also the first ___________ ships, the first battle of which was fought between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia in the James River.
What are ironclad?
The Great War had a new style of fighting called _______________.
What is trench warfare?
Who said, "December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy."
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A document in which the Pilgrims organized themselves under the rule of law.
This Frenchmen came to America at age 19 and was promoted to General for the Patriots at age 23.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
In 1859, the abolitionist _________________ attempted to lead a southern slave insurrection. His efforts were cut short when he was cornered and captured at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Who is John Brown?
Commanding the American Expeditionary Forces, _______________, insisted that American troops operate as separate units.
Who is John J. Pershing?
Who wrote, "Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?